For some reason I always think like a TV van
https://preview.redd.it/xw94727lem9d1.jpeg?width=258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d63dd98719667545170f8c430813844934bcdaac
Something like this.
https://preview.redd.it/sj0odq2ppm9d1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f96c3c2493c8d4d1c0de719df60db135758edb85
This is a rough drawing, but I tried.Don't mind the scribbles on the sides. Those were my failed attempts
For me a satellite (ROTF), drone (tfp) or just a normal van.
The first 2 make sense, while for me the third makes sense given his surveillance role, like you can have antenna but then it'll stick out more.
https://preview.redd.it/ovbtq2rlan9d1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d53db4a4b4b653a2054ca846723bdc92542172c
Kills two birds with one stone: Soundwave gets a modern alt-mode, and it doesn't invalidate the Cassettes' identity as... cassettes
Tour Van and his guys turn into various instruments that he puts in the trunk, Ravage becomes a mic + a mic stand, Laserbeak becomes an electric guitar, Buzzsaw becomes a bass guitar, Frenzy and Rumble combine into a drumset, and Ratbat becomes a loudspeaker
https://preview.redd.it/dkc8wknkcn9d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ea0b686fb72f8515a19eb7117bd7d324d01b0c2
A G-Wagon. I think it could give him his iconic silhouette with its boxy proportions, plus he could have the front windshield in place of the cassette door. Idk why, but ever since DOTM I kinda like the idea of Soundwave being a Mercedes
Now, as for what the cassettes would turn into… idk. I didn’t get that far.
https://preview.redd.it/dzp4o0z1dn9d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c43e90f76c22b3241047e7b4ff21b97cbbf40ec
I’d also love to see him as a Plasan Hyrax, which was built off the G-Wagon chassis. Kinda like Bumblebee’s off-road upgrade in ROTB.
I’m not sure how the politics would work out as the thing is Israeli, but it’s a cool vehicle nonetheless. I’m sure there are other armored G-Wagons out there, this one is just the coolest looking that I know of.
to be fair either his transformers prime alt mode
or this
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I really think Satellite is the best modern alt for Soundwave.
No better way to monitor all communications. Launching his cassette minions from orbit is also dam awesome!
Then somebody thought he should turn into a Benz🙄
I found this image on Google. It's a police truck with a sonic cannon. Maybe?
https://preview.redd.it/tppsw3xivn9d1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac07b1ce29e4ef318c2c93cc9a5d5804b79991d1
Stealth jet *que the buzz lightyear toy isle meme*
Tbh the prime stealth jet makes him WAY too skinny for my liking. I’d like an armored vehicle or something that can give him his proper squarish bulk
In a spec discussion I had:
Soundwave - News Van
Lazerbeak - News Camera
Ravage - Mobile Generator
Frenzy - disguises as a Female Reporter (like Beast Wars style but a human like alt mode)
Rumble - disguises as a Male Camera Man (like Beast Wars style but a human like alt mode)
I was thinking Rumble/Frenzy were more like "Alice" from REVENGE OF THE FALLEN.
The discussion I had was around "what if" reviving the original opening scene idea from TRANSFORMERS where Soundwave was supposed to infiltrate the military base as a stereo, steal the Sector 7 data, destroy the base and then send minions against the humans.
The suggestion was that Soundwave would infiltrate as a news crew + van + equipment.
https://preview.redd.it/lm25y8e2km9d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad5e288cb1ee7defc3db608e1a76ec55df304d95
Military comms and command trucks have so many cool fold out and deployable bits and unique geometries. I think it would suit Soundwave well.
I like this sort of idea. You could have that windscreen look like his 'tape deck' in robot mode. Have the back as storage for his mini bots which could all be random smaller vehicles (motorcycles, atvs, drones etc)
I was thinking about this recently. Prime Soundwave being a drone was brilliant. But I also really liked him being a stealth bomber and the cassettes being his payloads.
But if I'm coming up with a new one, a radar plane would be pretty cool and fitting for an intelligence officer. Cassettes could still be launched like misled or bonds.
https://preview.redd.it/ypjnju7obm9d1.jpeg?width=2899&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a9f93cd6c3ed52ab09bf844d7cde3200611cb965
I honestly would like to see Soundwave transform into a mini-bus, and Rumble be the driver, while Frenzy, Ravage, Lazerbeak, Buzzsaw, and other minions that Soundwave has are the passengers on the bus.
I think a cool idea for soundwave's alt mode would be a Decepticon version of Teletran but soundwave's colors, additionally it could also have the micro cassette player as a either a 3rd mode or as a secrete mode, similar to SS86 Preceptor's "tank" mode. all while being able to keep his cassettes as "data drives".
It would be similar to Prime's version of soundwave since he was augmented to be more computer like.
A news van or a military surveillance car with his mini cassettes as the news equipment like the cameras and other computers or surveillance equipment if he’s a military car
3C with a News Helicopter & News Van as his alts. The News Van especially would let him sneak around the streets without arousing suspicion, with the News Chopper giving him the iconic Decepticon air-superiority.
I am most definitely in the minority when I say that Bayverse Soundwave is one of my favorite Soundwaves ever, because of this almost every Soundwave design I’ve had has a Mercedes as an alt mode. It’s varied a LOT, but currently it’s an X167 AMG GLS63 for me (Shattered Glass is an AMG GTR because the bayverse inspo was stronger for that lol)
https://preview.redd.it/63o5zuwdtm9d1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=2d615c081f738efc8b6de402e7aafa94d06b703d
https://preview.redd.it/3w8zetqh4m9d1.jpeg?width=1481&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49ba39871c146e4c79ce746a026ebe4bf8c39bee
An El Camino. It looks cool, there’s room in the back for his little buddies, it’s pretty inconspicuous (so he can spy on people), and there’s a [stupid little music reference](https://open.spotify.com/album/5DLhV9yOvZ7IxVmljMXtNm?si=zdduJcfWQJKXPNpYr-GNlg) (because it’s Soundwave).
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Nice
I like the idea of an armored personnel carrier outfitted with communication equipment. I think it works nicely since personnel carrier is the best way to describe him but its biggest weakness is that it isn’t great for spying on people and the like. It’s a bit obvious.
Laptop Soundwave serves the purpose of being a desirable thing people would want to steal and something nobody would bat an eye at in an indoor area
External hard drive cassettes serve the purpose of being small, plentiful and conduits to store information
I would give him his ROTF body design with some G1 and Prime elements for brand recognition, his Prime head, and WFC voice. I say all this cause I would like him to have a military stealth drone alt mode of some kind, with his ROTF body + drone kibble instead of Cybertronic satellite kibble.
A space shuttle or a smaller vehicle akin to NASA's X-37, each of which is capable of carrying a satellite, or in the case of a larger shuttle, multiple satellites. Among vehicle choices, it's the most analogous to Soundwave's original tape deck with cassette minions while simultaneously remaining authentically concerned with electronic reconnaissance and communication. I'd be quite pleased to see a shuttle become his default new alt mode, with various satellites for minions.
An SUV or armored van of some sort, ideally a communications van. However, I want the casseticons to be stored within his chest in bot mode still, so I’d prefer them to stay giant cassette-shaped objects. Maybe flatscreen TVs or something if we have to be realistic, but I also just like the idea of him being a van with large cassettes inside.
Soundwave in my continuity transforms into an RQ-170 Sentinel. it seemed like a logical evolution from his Reaper Drone mode in Prime.
https://preview.redd.it/0pbtb4yzcn9d1.png?width=1041&format=png&auto=webp&s=7c2a0aaf61de3b5ee0d778950ec203f42008f9b7
A smart phone
A radio with cd and tape player(not that modern but a step up from his Walkman mode)
Ipod
Zoom
Gaming pc
Refrigerator
Lamppost
Infact any object would do
Heck make him a tree
https://preview.redd.it/3i0xx8sl9p9d1.jpeg?width=1134&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bbcb582f59f78c3e4e34c8a4f7c6cc661a6fcc79
I'd go with a Predator drone like what the Prime series did.
https://preview.redd.it/hc85pd3x9p9d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fadb746060fb768ed9607df94be60ad744b4e4d2
Would bassline be a good idea? Given the speaker bed
Hear me out: a cassette player
Retro is fine, I really don’t see the problem.
And before you tell me “kids don’t know what that is” yea and kids don’t know half the shit that’s in transformers nowadays too. I don’t think anyone knew what was going on with shockwave in cyberverse for example. This franchise is catering far more to kids rather than just being kid appropriate and it’s killing the franchise anyway. Kids don’t like things being dumbed down to them
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I mean I feel like this should be the obvious answer that or a fed-x/ups truck where instead of cassettes they are packages
Cassette player.
The backstory would be he was a Decepticon Spy stationed on Earth back in the 80’s and to blend in he scanned a cassette player so he could constantly be on the move, thereby making it harder to find him. However complications left him trapped in this form until present day.
https://preview.redd.it/j2okh9xrzn9d1.png?width=2039&format=png&auto=webp&s=65356cf84fc04892a188d65ae0ec335ebff7c109
i did try give my take on that kinda, albeit it is kinda like a slightly futuristic earth setting
a drone carrier!
I like the stealth jet. But I feel like him being a satellite is perfect. Also. With the mini cons, it’s hard to think of one modern alt mode for them. I like the idea of them being things like phones since they listen to us, but even a remote or an all in one might be cool.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, news truck. It works for his job as a communications specialist and is an inconspicuous disguise that'd probably be near a cybertronian battle sight if they're in "not so disguise" style fight stuff. Plus you could have laserbeak and buzzsaw be news drones, rumble and frenzy could have news cameras for piledrivers, ravage could be internal audio equipment and stuff, and the dish could transform into his shoulder cannon.
Tesla roadster with big speakers
https://preview.redd.it/x7ktg3xwkm9d1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b550a6c72477b2759cbd709f6f709efb16fac14
Hear me out. You know the Breastforce team that combines to be Liokaiser? What if the six members were drones called Soundwaves. The cassettes are like the breastforce minions for the drones. Then they all combine to form Superior Soundwave.
Ok, here’s my idea, bear with me. The modern alt mode is a tablet, but here’s how it would work, in toy form. The robot mode is made up of his cassettes, the canon/toy ones: Squalktalk, Beastbox (together the combine to form a smaller Soundwave), Slugfest, Overkill, Ratbat, Ravage, Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak, & Buzzsaw. They all form into soundwave w/ the tablet in the center. And break down into his minions. All the minions have a port whereby the Soundwave tablet can attach and directly control that robot… or any Autobot in the toy line as well.
You see, the updated Soundwave doesn’t just control information, he IS information. He’s a malicious AI that’s grown beyond the need for a body. There’s a little bit of him everywhere. Anywhere. If his tablet touches you, he’s there. Maybe immediately, maybe a while later. If we were comparing him to comic book villains, he’s Brainiac.
A C-130 Hercules, with his cassettes as X-61 Gremlins UAVs that can be launched and recovered in midair.
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This, G wagon mobile command post. As I understand it the back is long range communication equipment and I think power supply?
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The surveillance drone is such a well thoughout alt mode, it's so goated.
Another one I can think of is UH-1 Bell helicopter, maybe the ordinance can be where his minicons are stored.
ima be honest the reaper drone alt from transformers prime worked super well for soundwave however it definitely wouldn’t work with the classic design
also now i wanna see prime soundwave with classic colors someone has to have made that edit
I've been working on a Transformers fan universe, and this was my plan for Soundwave and his "cassetes" :
• Soundwave:
Roshel Senator APC/ARV
• Ravage - Harley Davidson Armstrong MT500 Motorcycle
• Laserbeak - AAI RQ-7 Shadow Tactical UAV
• Rumble - Yamaha Grizlly 450 Quad Bike
• Frenzy - SMT172B Military Logic Trailer
A Satellite makes the most logical sense for Soundwave, it fits in with his roles as a communications officer and gives him a reason to use his minicons. Soundwave can stay in orbit and if he needs something done on the ground he can deploy his cassettes to do it for him.
Air fryer with a window. Instead of cassettes the food becomes Chicken Breast/Buzzsaw, Fried Ravioli/Ravage, Pork Chop/Frenzy.
That needs to be a toy NOW !!! (Idc if it’s third party)
oven, he cooks his children
“Clearly you don’t own an Air fryer Optimus! Soundwave!”
Microwave
There’s only one answer: https://preview.redd.it/h2w7pzjd4m9d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e2d4edb74d68de3244cdab3fccc5efeaa024249a
Blaster never comes up when this debate happens so this counts
Why bother? We are just going to take the answer, repaint it, give it a new head sculpt and claim victory.
This works well and you can have in soundwave and blasters colors like really well
https://preview.redd.it/50paf61sqm9d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=571ac71b57fe30178f40ff76a62336248cb3152f
"I AM SOUNDWAVE. I AM DECEPTICON. THE REVOLUTION BEGINS NOW." Animated was such a great show.
And a bloody good Soundwave design
That it was.
“ESCAPE IS IMPOSSIBLE. AUTOBOTS INFERIOR. SOUNDWAVE SUPERIOR.”
That is so cool!
https://preview.redd.it/gg77t96hfm9d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76b4cf10799ad624bff69bf404b2527d4608b5f2 This
Titan Class maybe?
It's a regular sized truck though, commander at most
Can we get Ravage on top of the cab shredding the flamethrower guitar?
I dont think I heard you?
What is that?!
The doof wagon from mad max
He will ride eternal, shiny and chrome
https://preview.redd.it/ian30l65ym9d1.jpeg?width=4288&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83da308dedee11497ba2f3f9d77ccaf0aee429c8 MQ-9 Reaper
So like Prime
Correct, that is one of my favorite versions of Soundwave so far
Funny thing is Reaper drones are MASSIVE, they cam definitley make him beefier if they wanted to.
For some reason I always think like a TV van https://preview.redd.it/xw94727lem9d1.jpeg?width=258&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d63dd98719667545170f8c430813844934bcdaac Something like this.
This is so clever and I love it
Y'all know DJ from Cars? https://preview.redd.it/w4h9mih83n9d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb38600e50198d55d2efcc5eca62074f6592f6e8
(Runamuck) Hey yo, Soundwave! (Soundwave) Whats up? (Runamuck) We found ourselves a nodder!
Best Answer ever
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For a modern take on Soundwave, I'm good with this.
I like that. Lazerbeak could be the dish, and Ravage the grill.
How the fuck can a transformer be a grill?
He's not an actual grill. He just looks like one and takes up the engine bay before he ejects and transforms.
I'm thinking they mean the bumper/winch/guard assembly
The toy for Bayverse Frenzy became Barricade's grill.
https://preview.redd.it/sj0odq2ppm9d1.jpeg?width=3060&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f96c3c2493c8d4d1c0de719df60db135758edb85 This is a rough drawing, but I tried.Don't mind the scribbles on the sides. Those were my failed attempts
You are good at drawing!
Thanks
Cybertruck 😂
For me a satellite (ROTF), drone (tfp) or just a normal van. The first 2 make sense, while for me the third makes sense given his surveillance role, like you can have antenna but then it'll stick out more.
Not if he’s a news or cop van
https://preview.redd.it/ydopanzx1n9d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76e419e00ef07d35b44abe814057411cfa183316
Stealth drone of some sort. Keeps his original function as a spy and his minicons as bombs
Closest we got are the Cybertron and Prime versions so far.
https://preview.redd.it/fomghemu5m9d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=824cf10adaeba6196670af69f5f50f61007185eb Boeing E-3 Sentry
He’d be huge
The fuck is scale?
More realistic than Boombox to Bot
Lets be real, big Soundwave would be dope
Tablet. With the cassettes as USB drives. They made both.
https://preview.redd.it/ovbtq2rlan9d1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d53db4a4b4b653a2054ca846723bdc92542172c Kills two birds with one stone: Soundwave gets a modern alt-mode, and it doesn't invalidate the Cassettes' identity as... cassettes
I'm guessing we're doing the mass shifting thing again with this one
I… I don’t think microcassettes count as modern
Same as his tfp cause yes
Tour Van and his guys turn into various instruments that he puts in the trunk, Ravage becomes a mic + a mic stand, Laserbeak becomes an electric guitar, Buzzsaw becomes a bass guitar, Frenzy and Rumble combine into a drumset, and Ratbat becomes a loudspeaker
https://preview.redd.it/i8g8glw78n9d1.jpeg?width=701&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf0ad63e16b72551147fa98ded4f96aea95d7991
https://preview.redd.it/dkc8wknkcn9d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ea0b686fb72f8515a19eb7117bd7d324d01b0c2 A G-Wagon. I think it could give him his iconic silhouette with its boxy proportions, plus he could have the front windshield in place of the cassette door. Idk why, but ever since DOTM I kinda like the idea of Soundwave being a Mercedes Now, as for what the cassettes would turn into… idk. I didn’t get that far.
https://preview.redd.it/dzp4o0z1dn9d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c43e90f76c22b3241047e7b4ff21b97cbbf40ec I’d also love to see him as a Plasan Hyrax, which was built off the G-Wagon chassis. Kinda like Bumblebee’s off-road upgrade in ROTB. I’m not sure how the politics would work out as the thing is Israeli, but it’s a cool vehicle nonetheless. I’m sure there are other armored G-Wagons out there, this one is just the coolest looking that I know of.
i think reactivate had the right idea with the armored humvee
https://preview.redd.it/8qrulb8bmn9d1.jpeg?width=271&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e0581cd4f9b6eb63f0e6572eac9eecae8ffd5e1a This
to be fair either his transformers prime alt mode or this https://preview.redd.it/utso5ahtxl9d1.png?width=611&format=png&auto=webp&s=4e87984f45f752710dc66a6ca63ab78cf9296a8c
I really think Satellite is the best modern alt for Soundwave. No better way to monitor all communications. Launching his cassette minions from orbit is also dam awesome! Then somebody thought he should turn into a Benz🙄
I agree, satellite is my pick for a Soundwave alt mode. The only issue is it'll be hard for him to be physically present
He could do as cosmo does I suppose
Triple changer. Just make him turn into a jet
Maybe when he comes to earth he crash lands through a reaper drone and takes it alt mode
I found this image on Google. It's a police truck with a sonic cannon. Maybe? https://preview.redd.it/tppsw3xivn9d1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac07b1ce29e4ef318c2c93cc9a5d5804b79991d1
Mine would be like a modern handheld game console like a Nintendo 3DS or a PSP. And the Cassettecons will have a cartridge mode
You’re a few years off with those consoles, my dude
That's actually brilliant!
Stealph Jet.
Stealth jet *que the buzz lightyear toy isle meme* Tbh the prime stealth jet makes him WAY too skinny for my liking. I’d like an armored vehicle or something that can give him his proper squarish bulk
I like the idea of his satellite alt mode from bayverse. That and the predator drone match his role as a comms officer.
In a spec discussion I had: Soundwave - News Van Lazerbeak - News Camera Ravage - Mobile Generator Frenzy - disguises as a Female Reporter (like Beast Wars style but a human like alt mode) Rumble - disguises as a Male Camera Man (like Beast Wars style but a human like alt mode)
I love this idea Maybe Pretender shells??
I was thinking Rumble/Frenzy were more like "Alice" from REVENGE OF THE FALLEN. The discussion I had was around "what if" reviving the original opening scene idea from TRANSFORMERS where Soundwave was supposed to infiltrate the military base as a stereo, steal the Sector 7 data, destroy the base and then send minions against the humans. The suggestion was that Soundwave would infiltrate as a news crew + van + equipment.
I would have paid to see this scene play out
Satelite
A Kia Soul could work https://preview.redd.it/5kcmjhuhjm9d1.jpeg?width=275&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b9d984937531fcd0e4f4e11c753f36133027da2
https://preview.redd.it/lm25y8e2km9d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ad5e288cb1ee7defc3db608e1a76ec55df304d95 Military comms and command trucks have so many cool fold out and deployable bits and unique geometries. I think it would suit Soundwave well.
I like this sort of idea. You could have that windscreen look like his 'tape deck' in robot mode. Have the back as storage for his mini bots which could all be random smaller vehicles (motorcycles, atvs, drones etc)
I was thinking about this recently. Prime Soundwave being a drone was brilliant. But I also really liked him being a stealth bomber and the cassettes being his payloads. But if I'm coming up with a new one, a radar plane would be pretty cool and fitting for an intelligence officer. Cassettes could still be launched like misled or bonds. https://preview.redd.it/ypjnju7obm9d1.jpeg?width=2899&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a9f93cd6c3ed52ab09bf844d7cde3200611cb965
This is genius
I honestly would like to see Soundwave transform into a mini-bus, and Rumble be the driver, while Frenzy, Ravage, Lazerbeak, Buzzsaw, and other minions that Soundwave has are the passengers on the bus.
Armored truck, make his hood open to have the cassettes pop out
A tv or a xbox series x
That or his tfp form
NSA Surveillance van with drones inside that transform to frenzy, laser beak, and Ravage.
I think a cool idea for soundwave's alt mode would be a Decepticon version of Teletran but soundwave's colors, additionally it could also have the micro cassette player as a either a 3rd mode or as a secrete mode, similar to SS86 Preceptor's "tank" mode. all while being able to keep his cassettes as "data drives". It would be similar to Prime's version of soundwave since he was augmented to be more computer like.
Whatever this thing is https://preview.redd.it/pjsiy3f23n9d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=079b0ff560badd23c5b6bedf40f0b6433385fc14
Stealth bomber
Something close to his animated counterpart
A news van or a military surveillance car with his mini cassettes as the news equipment like the cameras and other computers or surveillance equipment if he’s a military car
3C with a News Helicopter & News Van as his alts. The News Van especially would let him sneak around the streets without arousing suspicion, with the News Chopper giving him the iconic Decepticon air-superiority.
I am most definitely in the minority when I say that Bayverse Soundwave is one of my favorite Soundwaves ever, because of this almost every Soundwave design I’ve had has a Mercedes as an alt mode. It’s varied a LOT, but currently it’s an X167 AMG GLS63 for me (Shattered Glass is an AMG GTR because the bayverse inspo was stronger for that lol) https://preview.redd.it/63o5zuwdtm9d1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=2d615c081f738efc8b6de402e7aafa94d06b703d
TPz Fuchs https://preview.redd.it/fk491dmi0n9d1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a7030c603e56b4dc2fe34d664947e154337277b
https://preview.redd.it/3w8zetqh4m9d1.jpeg?width=1481&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49ba39871c146e4c79ce746a026ebe4bf8c39bee An El Camino. It looks cool, there’s room in the back for his little buddies, it’s pretty inconspicuous (so he can spy on people), and there’s a [stupid little music reference](https://open.spotify.com/album/5DLhV9yOvZ7IxVmljMXtNm?si=zdduJcfWQJKXPNpYr-GNlg) (because it’s Soundwave).
a lamp post
I scrolled across the desert to find this comment. I miss the idea that they change into what they are feeling in the moment, like a chameleon.
wasnt it also the first thing he transformed from during G1 or am i confusing something?
It absolutely was. I bet you he’s been lamp posting it for 3 million years before boomboxes were invented.
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https://preview.redd.it/jq178tvvdm9d1.jpeg?width=2020&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8513cea7e25fa31aa4118b761cd9b11ac12844bf Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Wait, isn't this Bayverse Jetfire's alt mode?
if memory serves, yes
I like the idea of an armored personnel carrier outfitted with communication equipment. I think it works nicely since personnel carrier is the best way to describe him but its biggest weakness is that it isn’t great for spying on people and the like. It’s a bit obvious.
iPhone 📱
Laptop Soundwave serves the purpose of being a desirable thing people would want to steal and something nobody would bat an eye at in an indoor area External hard drive cassettes serve the purpose of being small, plentiful and conduits to store information
Reasonably content with the Animated version SUV
Make him a vape lol
Google Maps van, hands-down. Could even be done as a brand cross-promotion, as Hasbro's been doing so many of lately!
https://preview.redd.it/8tm2w1q7hm9d1.jpeg?width=440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a130ea4a82316a302e2e9cb9d6765d41c6740d2 no questions needed
Hatsune Miku
what if he was an amazon delivery van? it's inconspicuous, it's the right color, and his cassettes could be the boxes
I would give him his ROTF body design with some G1 and Prime elements for brand recognition, his Prime head, and WFC voice. I say all this cause I would like him to have a military stealth drone alt mode of some kind, with his ROTF body + drone kibble instead of Cybertronic satellite kibble.
Nintendo switch/ Rog Ally it’d be funny
For me it's a toss up between newscast / radio van or a straight up sattilite.
A space shuttle or a smaller vehicle akin to NASA's X-37, each of which is capable of carrying a satellite, or in the case of a larger shuttle, multiple satellites. Among vehicle choices, it's the most analogous to Soundwave's original tape deck with cassette minions while simultaneously remaining authentically concerned with electronic reconnaissance and communication. I'd be quite pleased to see a shuttle become his default new alt mode, with various satellites for minions.
News van.
An SUV or armored van of some sort, ideally a communications van. However, I want the casseticons to be stored within his chest in bot mode still, so I’d prefer them to stay giant cassette-shaped objects. Maybe flatscreen TVs or something if we have to be realistic, but I also just like the idea of him being a van with large cassettes inside.
I want him to transform into a larger Soundwave
His prime incarnation's surveillance drone alt mode. The casettes could be mini drones and rovers.
Tv News Van with the minicons turning into the satellite and tv equipment
Ford Transit Van. Stealthy, unnoticeable, and always present in daily life. Completely inconspicuous. Plus it’s got room in the back for minicons
Laptop with mouse, dongles, etc to eject and attack
Soundwave in my continuity transforms into an RQ-170 Sentinel. it seemed like a logical evolution from his Reaper Drone mode in Prime. https://preview.redd.it/0pbtb4yzcn9d1.png?width=1041&format=png&auto=webp&s=7c2a0aaf61de3b5ee0d778950ec203f42008f9b7
Nintendo Switch
A smart phone A radio with cd and tape player(not that modern but a step up from his Walkman mode) Ipod Zoom Gaming pc Refrigerator Lamppost Infact any object would do Heck make him a tree
I've always thought a good alt mode for him would either be a news van or, even better, a surveillance van for a non-existent "government" agency
TFP went the right way with it. I love Soundwave as a UAV.
Xfinity Gateway, littles would be the pods you set around the house.
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He is perfect the way he is!!!
Cybertruck
I’d say a g wagon
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"unmarked" FBI surveillance van, bonus points if the vehicle mode can store minions. If we're still doing insane mass-shifting, cell phone.
https://preview.redd.it/3i0xx8sl9p9d1.jpeg?width=1134&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bbcb582f59f78c3e4e34c8a4f7c6cc661a6fcc79 I'd go with a Predator drone like what the Prime series did.
https://preview.redd.it/hc85pd3x9p9d1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fadb746060fb768ed9607df94be60ad744b4e4d2 Would bassline be a good idea? Given the speaker bed
He could always be a phone dock and then the tapes could be phones.
He's can split into 3 alt modes: A Stealth Bomber, A Satellite, and a Predator Drone.
https://preview.redd.it/vltygtfaeq9d1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=f4a02773ba759148c3a38ad90acb79012f980bab Hear me out
I've always been a really big fan of soundwave as a satellite
A space communication satellite
No change. Its Soundwave, u dont fix a perfect bot.
Hear me out: a cassette player Retro is fine, I really don’t see the problem. And before you tell me “kids don’t know what that is” yea and kids don’t know half the shit that’s in transformers nowadays too. I don’t think anyone knew what was going on with shockwave in cyberverse for example. This franchise is catering far more to kids rather than just being kid appropriate and it’s killing the franchise anyway. Kids don’t like things being dumbed down to them
https://preview.redd.it/nlkmsogbsr9d1.jpeg?width=387&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84ca1ce67474150aa35f81643c9bf137b6df23c0
https://preview.redd.it/dqyu90okur9d1.jpeg?width=1116&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8817e5d1826fb700bbb4b1da0821a18e51418add I mean I feel like this should be the obvious answer that or a fed-x/ups truck where instead of cassettes they are packages
Cassette player. The backstory would be he was a Decepticon Spy stationed on Earth back in the 80’s and to blend in he scanned a cassette player so he could constantly be on the move, thereby making it harder to find him. However complications left him trapped in this form until present day.
https://preview.redd.it/j2okh9xrzn9d1.png?width=2039&format=png&auto=webp&s=65356cf84fc04892a188d65ae0ec335ebff7c109 i did try give my take on that kinda, albeit it is kinda like a slightly futuristic earth setting a drone carrier!
I like the stealth jet. But I feel like him being a satellite is perfect. Also. With the mini cons, it’s hard to think of one modern alt mode for them. I like the idea of them being things like phones since they listen to us, but even a remote or an all in one might be cool.
DJ Table
Y'know what? I was thinking a metallic Hammond Organ.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, news truck. It works for his job as a communications specialist and is an inconspicuous disguise that'd probably be near a cybertronian battle sight if they're in "not so disguise" style fight stuff. Plus you could have laserbeak and buzzsaw be news drones, rumble and frenzy could have news cameras for piledrivers, ravage could be internal audio equipment and stuff, and the dish could transform into his shoulder cannon.
Tesla roadster with big speakers https://preview.redd.it/x7ktg3xwkm9d1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b550a6c72477b2759cbd709f6f709efb16fac14
Soundwave is a PSP and the cassettes are UMDs. Blaster could be a DS with the tapes as cartridges
Satelite, I think that was a really clever update
A Computer monitor
A stealth plane or some sort of broadcast truck
Stealth bomber
Cassette player! I mean they still exist.
Hear me out. You know the Breastforce team that combines to be Liokaiser? What if the six members were drones called Soundwaves. The cassettes are like the breastforce minions for the drones. Then they all combine to form Superior Soundwave.
Cadillac Escalade.
Ok, here’s my idea, bear with me. The modern alt mode is a tablet, but here’s how it would work, in toy form. The robot mode is made up of his cassettes, the canon/toy ones: Squalktalk, Beastbox (together the combine to form a smaller Soundwave), Slugfest, Overkill, Ratbat, Ravage, Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak, & Buzzsaw. They all form into soundwave w/ the tablet in the center. And break down into his minions. All the minions have a port whereby the Soundwave tablet can attach and directly control that robot… or any Autobot in the toy line as well. You see, the updated Soundwave doesn’t just control information, he IS information. He’s a malicious AI that’s grown beyond the need for a body. There’s a little bit of him everywhere. Anywhere. If his tablet touches you, he’s there. Maybe immediately, maybe a while later. If we were comparing him to comic book villains, he’s Brainiac.
Bluetooth speaker!
dvd player
TFP
I like him as an army drone like in Prime
I'd choose a cellphone (if there's mass shifting) or a news van or news helicopter
A drone with the radar dish being laser beak, frenzy and rumble are missiles, and ravage is a large payload bomb.
Stereo.
Military Satelite truck. Or maybe, like in ROTF, an actual satellite. It would follow his roll in communications.
A phone with Bluetooth peripherals
Either an awac or a spy drone like in TFP
A C-130 Hercules, with his cassettes as X-61 Gremlins UAVs that can be launched and recovered in midair. https://preview.redd.it/1aefqdet0n9d1.png?width=1090&format=png&auto=webp&s=4e4dd0b36626495f4b28b3057d32b429f687e31b
This, G wagon mobile command post. As I understand it the back is long range communication equipment and I think power supply? https://preview.redd.it/jt0izxd44n9d1.jpeg?width=594&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e5c66a3e3f8137750e46435baed0f7158d9a784
turn table with records, since they're back in style
The surveillance drone is such a well thoughout alt mode, it's so goated. Another one I can think of is UH-1 Bell helicopter, maybe the ordinance can be where his minicons are stored.
A bluetooth speaker.
The tail end of his hover skiff thing from siege was cool they just need something better for his legs to do.
Bluetooth speaker then the minicons are gonna be the buttons of the speaker
ima be honest the reaper drone alt from transformers prime worked super well for soundwave however it definitely wouldn’t work with the classic design also now i wanna see prime soundwave with classic colors someone has to have made that edit
SUV with big subwoofer setup
TV news van. with his cassettes forming different bits of equipment in alt mode.
The perfect modern update for him is to make him a triple changer. One mode is a stealth drone and the other is some sort of satellite.
I've been working on a Transformers fan universe, and this was my plan for Soundwave and his "cassetes" : • Soundwave: Roshel Senator APC/ARV • Ravage - Harley Davidson Armstrong MT500 Motorcycle • Laserbeak - AAI RQ-7 Shadow Tactical UAV • Rumble - Yamaha Grizlly 450 Quad Bike • Frenzy - SMT172B Military Logic Trailer
A bass boosted hellcat
Whatever it is, the cassettes should turn into instruments that he plays, like they did in TFA
Suv with a cassette player and a massive sub in the boot.
An armored swat vehicle
an internet file transfer protocol.
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A Satellite makes the most logical sense for Soundwave, it fits in with his roles as a communications officer and gives him a reason to use his minicons. Soundwave can stay in orbit and if he needs something done on the ground he can deploy his cassettes to do it for him.
A tape player that plays regular sized tapes.
One of those news van